Harmonic intention peaceful creation
Sacred geometry and physics have a significant relationship and seem to be a marriage of the mathematical component and the physical laws.
I began to say laws of physics but understood these laws to be something more than physics...but apparently "physical." Here is the physical law broken down (and i'm still not sure this is what I intended to write about when given the topic on sacred geometry or how all of these apply.)
True. Universal. Simple. Absolute. Stable. Omnipotent. Conservative. Homogenetic. Reversible.
I've had the opportunity to observe a group of Tibetan monks deep in meditation and ritual creating a sand mandala. The level of precision and concentration can only now be explained as "godly" or creatoresque. Just as an engineer needs physics and math to build a bridge, the construction of the master art meditation piece that is the mandala is carefully pieced together, everything in it's right place. The beauty of it, like a flower bloom, shortly after the piece is complete, it is brushed off into the ocean--right back into the cosmic material of all that is.
And what could be more sacred or profound? Is it perfection or symmetry, or the interaction it has on our level of disarray? That very well may be it. In a universe where so many unknowns are apparent, our inner chaos can be transformed and organized with this sacred art---and the way this interaction happens, the observer, the material, the laws that have brought it's existence into ours, the similar substance that could very well be the answer to many of our questions---and this is all certainly mathematical (geometric) and physical--hence the physics application. I can't begin to share the way sacred geometry has had an impact on my life and being but I will share one story. I have a friend who had collected art pieces from a brilliant artist who spent his life figuring out the math and the symmetry in objects such as this flower. Needless to say he drove himself crazy. Though his artistry is admired and appreciated he didn't last long. Somethings exist only to inspire wonder and awe and not necessarily to be measured or understood. Whether it be 360, 90, or 45. 1.62, 3.14 or 42. The equation will always shift, and the sacred will always signify whatever layer of meaning the observer is capable of applying given the nature of that persons own perspective (and math history :) or connection with the divine).
This post is from Annette
ReplyDeleteThanks Sylvia, very beautiful thoughts on Sacred Geometry. I too have seen the making of a sand mandala in the middle of NYC, which was then taken to the river. I like what you say about the chaos of our minds or lives being calmed somehow by the symmetry of the mandala, all the while recognizing its impermanence! Perhaps it is meant to calm us, and give us a focus.
Thanks for piecing together the great subject matter. It occurred to me while I was writing this post.
ReplyDeleteoooh! Just realized it was a comment from Annette, not Larry. (thanks!) Annette, how long did it take them to construct it? did you see them mess up at all? How long did it stay there. I remember feeling a little bent out of shape when I knew they'd dismantle it. What a beautiful exercise!
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